On 1/25/2011 3:22 AM, scott wrote:
>> The problem I have always had with that "harm", though, is the assumption
>> that those who illegally copy would have paid for the product if they had
>> no other choice.
>
> Yep, the problem is they assume every single illegally downloaded file
> would have been bought otherwise. Sure if piracy was impossible they
> might sell a few more copies, but certainly not the same number that
> were illegally downloaded.
>
Yeah, its the same argument you get for everything from them. The *real* 
way it works is:

1. Assume some stuff will get stolen from the shelf.
2. Post a price on it high enough you sell 90% of your "goal", since 
100% would either be unattainable, or so cheap you can't actually afford 
to make the product.
3. The "90%" mark is almost always higher than what you "could have" put 
it at, since, ironically, 50% of your customers would fail to buy it is 
it was too cheap, and thus seemed "poor quality".

What they complain about:

1. Can't pay people, even though they can't buy the product, because we 
would have to raise the cost of the product. (The standard - minimum 
wage doesn't help, because we are assholes and plan to simply price our 
stuff out of that wage range the moment we can.)
2. We expect to sell 100%, and have back orders, and never lose one from 
the shelf, so its **your fault** if any of these things happen, 
especially the last one, which is why we need to charge you $75 for it!
3. All of this, especially the first one, means we can't afford to make 
the product here in the US, so we just hired 2 million Asians to make 
them for us instead, so we can "keep the price down".

Both arguments are shear bullshit, but its like listening to US 
Christians whine that they get 50 national holidays, special tax breaks, 
catered to by even the non-believing politicians (who need to get 
reelected), but someone just said Happy Holidays, so its 
***persecution!!***. Its not so much delusional, though it is, since its 
a losing long term strategy, but purely a case of, "I have mine, but I 
want yours too! I deserve it! And not giving it to me is evil!"

-- 
void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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